{"number":81,"question":"Are all true believers at all times assured of their present being in the estate of grace, and that they shall be saved?","answer":"Assurance of grace and salvation not being of the essence of faith, true believers may wait long before they obtain it; and, after the enjoyment thereof, may have it weakened and intermitted, through manifold distempers, sins, temptations, and desertions; yet are they never left without such a presence and support of the Spirit of God as keeps them from sinking into utter despair.","segments":[{"text":"Assurance of grace and salvation not being of the essence of faith,","proofs":["Ephesians 1:13"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ephesians 1:13","osis":["Eph.1.13"]}],"note":null},{"text":"true believers may wait long before they obtain it;","proofs":["Isaiah 50:10","Psalm 88:1–3, 6–7, 9–10, 13–15"],"refs":[{"printed":"Isaiah 50:10","osis":["Isa.50.10"]},{"printed":"Psalm 88:1–3, 6–7, 9–10, 13–15","osis":["Ps.88.1-Ps.88.3","Ps.88.6-Ps.88.7","Ps.88.9-Ps.88.10","Ps.88.13-Ps.88.15"]}],"note":null},{"text":"and, after the enjoyment thereof, may have it weakened and intermitted, through manifold distempers, sins, temptations, and desertions;","proofs":["Psalm 77:1–12","Song of Solomon 5:2–3, 6","Psalms 51:8, 12","31:22","22:1"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 77:1–12","osis":["Ps.77.1-Ps.77.12"]},{"printed":"Song of Solomon 5:2–3, 6","osis":["Song.5.2-Song.5.3","Song.5.6"]},{"printed":"Psalms 51:8, 12","osis":["Ps.51.8","Ps.51.12"]},{"printed":"31:22","osis":["Ps.31.22"]},{"printed":"22:1","osis":["Ps.22.1"]}],"note":null},{"text":"yet are they never left without such a presence and support of the Spirit of God as keeps them from sinking into utter despair.","proofs":["1 John 3:9","Psalm 73:15, 23","Isaiah 54:7–10"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 John 3:9","osis":["1John.3.9"]},{"printed":"Psalm 73:15, 23","osis":["Ps.73.15","Ps.73.23"]},{"printed":"Isaiah 54:7–10","osis":["Isa.54.7-Isa.54.10"]}],"note":null}],"section":null,"relations":{"wlc":["81"],"wsc-modernized":["36"]},"diffs":[],"page":"94","leaf":49}